Notable interments at Rookwood Cemetery

56 notable figures are documented at Rookwood Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.

• Abe Saffron (1919–2006), real estate developer, nightclub owner
• Allan McDougall (1857–1924), politician
• Barney Lazarus (1879–1962), Australian rules football player
• Bea Miles (1902–1973), eccentric
• Bill Lamb (1889–1964), politician
• Carlo Lazzarini (1880–1952), politician, tailor, trade unionist
• Catherine Cecily O'Brien (1893–1945), religious sister
• Catherine Cecily O'Brien (1893–1945), religious sister
• David Opas (1936–1980), judge, barrister, articled clerk
• Dorothy Gwendolen Cawood (1884–1962), nurse
• Dorothy Gwendolen Cawood (1884–1962), nurse
• Edgar Maddox (1878–1923), Australian rules football player
• Edward Nucella Emmett (1817–1874), banker, explorer
• Ella Wilson (1870–1959), educator, non-fiction writer, religious sister
• Ernest Carter (1889–1955), Australian rules football player
• Francis Lyon Cohen (1862–1934), rabbi, musicologist
• George Faulkner (1901–1985), Australian rules football player
• George Weir (1903–1956), politician, barrister
• Geraldine Scholastica Gibbons (1817–1901), religious sister
• Geraldine Scholastica Gibbons (1817–1901), religious sister
• Harry Davie (1905–1968), Australian rules football player
• Isola Florence Thompson (1861–1915), secondary school teacher
• Jack Lang (1876–1975), politician
• Jacob Pitman (1810–1890), architect
• James Joseph Maloney (1901–1982), politician, diplomat, trade unionist
• James Toohey (1850–1895), politician, brewer
• Jane Tost (1817–1889), taxidermist
• Joe Wearmouth (1878–1925), Australian rules football player
• John Fairfax (1804–1877), politician, librarian, journalist
• John Frazer (1827–1884), politician
• John Gowing (1835–1908), draper, business executive
• John Leitch (1860–1927)
• John Paton (1833–1914), military personnel
• John Sutherland (1816–1889), politician, justice of the peace, master builder
• John Whittle (1882–1946), military personnel
• Joseph Cahill (1891–1959), politician, machinist, trade unionist
• Kathleen Mary Burrow (1899–1987), physiotherapist, lay leader, physical education teacher
• Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971), writer, poet, war correspondent
• Lilian Fowler (1887–1954), politician
• Lou Jacobs (1884–1936), Australian rules football player
• Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), writer, poet, inventor
• Mary Catherine Bruton (1862–1937), hospital administrator, academic administrator, religious sister
• Mary Healy (1865–1952), nurse, hospital administrator, registered nurse
• Mary Healy (1865–1952), nurse, hospital administrator, registered nurse
• Mick McGlynn (1922–2007), Australian rules football player
• Norman Bruhn (1894–1927), thief, thug, procurer
• Peter Dodds McCormick (1833–1916), composer, teacher
• Retta Long (1878–1956), writer, missionary
• Rhoda McDonald (1878–1937), Australian rules football player
• Richard Been Stannard (1902–1977)
• Robert Barnes (1896–1967), Australian rules football player
• Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911), writer, poet, building contractor
• Thomas Forsaith (1814–1898), politician
• Thomas Williams (1862–1953), politician
• Victor Solowij (1891–1966), archbishop
• William Carpenter (1863–1930), politician, boilermaker, supervisor